People All Over The World Are Helping This Guy Save Cats

When Muslihudin Sharbinie finally arrived at the clinic - after a nearly three-hour scooter ride along the winding, mountainous roads near Bogor, Indonesia - the veterinarian had some discouraging words for him.

Through crowdfunding, Uli's Angels helped him save countless cats around his village - by getting much-needed medicine to them, arranging for spaying and neutering, and, in this cat's case, covering cost of surgery that would save her life.

Before they got involved, Uli could do little more than feed and prepare natural remedies for the cats he found. But they were often grievously injured or desperately sick.

And some locals, seeing the cat population only grow, treated them as a nuisance. Many were poisoned and killed. Kittens were left mewling in the streets, some orphaned before they could even open their eyes.

But Uli, a married father of five who holds down three jobs, couldn't do it alone.

"The problem in my area was the number of stray cats increasing dramatically," he says. "A newborn baby could not reach adulthood because of the lack of attention given to them - to give medicine when they're sick."

"When he started realizing we were helping him - that he didn't have to turn them away any more or just drop off a piece of fish and some rice in one of the local markets - we encouraged him to bring them home," Connelly explains.

But Uli, who built a school in his village from scratch, didn't need help building a sanctuary for them.

He scavenged local dumps for fencing and lumber, eventually building a multistory cat city, complete with welcome signs and colorful painted cats. The sanctuary proved a beacon for sick and hungry cats.